After 2-weeks and close to 100 hours (I know, I'm obsessed), I finally got to the point where I can capture video and audio from a VHS and burn it onto a DVD using PowerDirector and PowerProducer. The picture quality is very good and the sound is fine, but now a new problem.
I burn say 3 minutes (testing). It plays on the computer fine and I can see the full 3 minutes are burned to the DVD+RW but when I put it into my stand alone, it plays between 4-7 seconds and then reverts to the main menu/screen.
I have played burned DVDs on this machine before w/o problem (but not from this operation). Now I'm stumped.